Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. McKneight, Royal Horse Guards

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1087 Pte. J. McKneight. Rl. H. Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, last parts of regiment faint through bruising and overall pitting from star, otherwise better than good fine (2) £500-600

6 officers and 45 other ranks of the Royal Horse Guards served in the Heavy Cavalry Regiment on the Nile, of whom 3 officers and 43 other ranks fought at Abu Klea.

James McKneight was born at Barony, Glasgow, and enlisted for the Royal Horse Guards at Westminster on 18 May 1880, a Grocer by trade, aged 21 years 10 months. He served in Egypt from 1 August to 19 October 1882, and in the Sudan from 26 October 1884 to 16 July 1885. He was discharged on 17 May 1892. Sold with copied discharge papers.